Chapter CXXXI. repealing the Duty on Tea and Coffee
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CHAP. CXXXI.— An Act repealing the Duty on Tea and Coffee.May 1, 1872. *Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,* ThatTea and coffee to be free from import duty July 1, 1872.Provision for what is in public stores, &c., on that day. on and after the first day of July next tea and collée shall be placed on the free list, and no further import duties shall be collected upon the same. And till tea and coffee which may be in the public stores or bonded warehouses on said first day of July sliall be subject to no duty upon the entry thereof for consumption, and ull tea and coffee remaining in bonded warehouses on said first day of July, upon which the duties shall have been paid, shall be entitled to a refund of the duties paid.
Approved, May 1, 1872.